Chennai : The under 14-years all women soccer team, YUWA from Jharkhand has won the third position yesterday by winning the Gasteiz Cup. The 18-member YUWA soccer team led by Mr. Franz 
Gastler, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the organization toured San Sebastian for the Donosti Cup and Victoria Gasteiz for the Gasteiz Cup
At Donosti Cup in San Sebastian, Spain’s biggest football tournament had over 400 teams participating from across the globe, YUWA soccer team girls made it out of the group phase with wins against Añorga KKE B (Spain) and Amara Berri KE (Spain), and a loss against Wisconsin International (USA) before falling to Santa Teresa (Spain). The two teams which defeated YUWA — Santa Teresa and Wisconsin International were placed 2nd and 3rd, respectively, out of 36 teams in the Under 14 years girls category.
At Gasteiz Cup in Victoria-Gasteiz, Yuwa girls were placed 3rd out of ten teams from Spain in the girls’ category, with two wins, two losses and a draw. The YUWA team also played a pre-tournament friendly match against teams from Spain leading with a win and a loss
The YUWA sporting extravaganza turned out to be a “head turner” and truly shared the cross-cultural India – Spain connect through soccer as the sporting fever.
Source : Suresh Krishnan
